Rio Pardo Water Colour Painting

This is a lovely very old water colour painting of the troopship Rio Pardo that we have professionally framed.

Here is an extract of a newspaper clipping from the Adelaide advertiser that we found about this ship. It was dated: 18 July 1919.

RETURNING TROOPS -THE RIO PARDO

The transport Rio Pardo, with 27 menfor this State, arrived at the Outer Harbour shortly after 6 p.m. on Thursday. Themen were granted leave until 9 a.m. to-day when they
will be medically examinedat Keswick. The Victorian troops landedand were conveyed overland toMelbourne by special train, whichleft the Harbor at 8.30 p.m.Their place on the
vessel was filled by108 Tasmanian troops, who have been waiting to get home for some time, but havenot been able to do so, owing to the ship-ping strike. These men arrived in Adelaide on Thursday by train. The oneofficer landed for South Australia wasLieutenant I. J.
Symons. Lieutenant A.B. Mortimer was in charge of the dis-embarkation. The interstate men wereentertained by
the Y.M.CA. and theV.A.D. at the buffet at the Outer Harbour.

Mr. R. A. Pomeroy, of the Y.M.CA., leftwith the Victorians, and he will see totheir comfort on the train.

The Rio Pardo will leave earlythismorning for
Hobart.

Fascinating isn't it? Did you have a relative that returned from the war on this ship?